Kiboko Kenya Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $810 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Shamini Selva | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing guide and an excellent tour!
Fabulous guide, amazing safari, impeccable organization…unforgettable! My husband, parents and I couldn’t have hoped for a better experience. Edward Karioki made the safari a trip of a lifetime. He was professional, polite, accommodating and had such a great passion and enthusiasm for educating us about the wildlife in Kenya. In addition, the itinerary covered a lot of sights and came with well appointment accommodations. Edward was determined that we would see as many animals as possible and ensured that we had the best vantage point, whether it was to see a pride of lions feasting on a Cape buffalo, watching a leopard stalk Thomson’s gazelles or watch a mother cheetah ushering her cubs across the Amboseli plains. I would wholeheartedly recommend Kiboko Kenya Safaris, and request to have Edward as your guide. He will truly enhance the experience!
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Email Barbara T | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Knowledgable, fun, safe and caring - Great Value - Highly Recommend!
Such a wonderful tour! Our tour guide, Dexter, was extremely knowledgeable about Kenya's animals, history and culture. He gladly answered our questions and we learned a great deal. Dexter was also very attentive and thoughtful to each visitor. He would anticipate our needs, making sure that everyone was always comfortable and happy.
During game drives Dexter seemed to always know where to find the animals; we got much closer to them than I expected. And we learned so much about each one! I only brought a cell phone as my camera, yet I still got close-up photos of lions, elephants, and so many more. It was a huge bonus that Dexter is also a photographer. He would often stop at perfect locations for us to take the best pictures. For example he would point out lone trees to photograph and show us how to frame it for a beautiful photo.
Another important advantage to having Dexter as your guide and tour director is that he speaks perfect English with only a slight accent. He is very easy to understand! Some group members struggled to understand other guides.
Our tour was a great value. Even though it wasn't priced high, we always stayed in wonderful hotels with fabulous food. The service was top notch, as well. Just brace yourself for three buffets a day. Whew!
The tour far exceeded my expectations! Go to Kenya; it is AMAZING! And I highly recommend Kiboko Kenya Safaris.
Email Seema & Scott | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A fantastic and memorable experience!
We booked our safari in Amboseli through Kuoni, and Edward was our driver in Kenya, picking us up in Nairobi, driving us around Amboseli National Park and dropping us back at the train station at the end. We felt safe with Edward and learnt so much about the amazing wildlife that he showed us. He knew exactly where to go and timed everything to perfection. He answered questions about the animals and had so much knowledge. It was an absolute pleasure having him as our guide. A lovely man with a cheeky sense of humour, he made us feel at ease and took time and patience to track down all the animals we wanted to see. We would thoroughly recommend Edward as a safari guide and we hope to meet him again in the future for another fun, exciting and memorable Safari!
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Email Madeleine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was great!
My boyfriend and I were looking for the perfect safari and were not disappointed. We are from Austria, that‘s why we wanted to have a German-speaking guide. Titus, our guide, not only spoke German very well, he was also able to tell us a lot about the animals that live in Kenya. In general, I can say that we had a great time together and a guide who made our safari experience as perfect as possible.
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Email Donna | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kiboko has hired the best of the best to provide adventurists with bucket list experience!
We were fortunate to have Dexter as our private guide for the duration of our 7 day Kenyan safari. My husband and I were extremely impressed with how proficient and accommodating Dex was! In addition to locating the Big 5 (many times) and a variety of other majestic animals, he taught us so much about his beloved country, Kenya, and its people! We thoroughly enjoyed our experience and would request Dex 100 times over were we to go on another African Safari! If you decide to go on Safari with them, request Dex! You won’t be disappointed!
We arrived as tourists, and left as friends!
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Email Mayuri Odedra-Straub | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great service
I recently undertook 3 trips in Kenya with Kiboko Kenya Safaris and was very impressed with their service. The pickup service was always on time. The staff very professional. Most impressive was Clare's "instant" response to your mails and wishes. I have been travelling around Kenya for years and have never encountered such a service before. Keep up the good work.
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Email Katherine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Dexter was fantastic! Very knowledgeable and kind. We felt right at home!
This tour was an incredible value. Excellent service with a truly expert guide. We couldn't have been happier with our choice.
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Email Sherry | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best tour experience ever! You will be impressed!
We are a group of seven girls travelling to Kenya and Tanzania, and we had the best experience with Kiboko. The agency is very responsive and Claire gives us a lot of helpful tips before the trip. Our guide is Dexter and he is absolutely amazing. He speaks English really well and knows so much about local culture and animals. He brought us to see amazing animals and was always so fast in spotting the lions, leopards and any animal actions. He is very humorous and always made us laugh. We all felt so sad when we had to say goodbye and I would definitely come back to him for another Safari trip.
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Email Ivy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kiboko and its tour guides are professional and thoughtful and responsible!
We love our trip with Kiboko and our tour guides. I did many online research and narrowed my selection to 7 travel agencies. After several rounds of email conversations, I chose Kiboko because 1) it offered me the best value in price (eg, the same hotel packages, their price is lower than other big-name agencies), 2) Clare is very patient to answer all of my questions and change the itinerary for several times based on our request. 3) Even though Kiboko is a small agency, which only has ~40 reviews online, all the reviews look good and positive. Based on those reasons, we signed our contract with Kiboko.
During the trip, we had Dexter in Kenya and Moses in Tanzania as our tour guides. Both of them worked as tour guides for 16-18 years and are very knowledgeable about those animals. They know where and when to find those animals. We saw lions hunting, elephants fighting, animal mating, baby feeding, and many other animal activities all you can imagine. At first, I was concerned if I really need 8 days safari since I saw all of those animals on Day 1. However, every day of our trip was different and exciting! The hotels are great in both environment and service. The food options (most of the meals are buffet) are much better than our expectations. The hotel staffs are also friendly and thoughtful. They helped us to celebrate our friend's birthday surprisedly. They tried their best to meet all of our requests, such as playing Disney Lion King as a movie night.
Thanks to Kiboko, Clare, Dexter, and Moses, for giving us the best safari experience! We highly recommend booking with them!
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Email Doris | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Knowledge, humorous, driven, professional, you can use all these words to describe Dexter as a guide
Clare as our tour coordinator has been very patient in answering all our questions. Dexter as our guide has been the reason to a successful, fun-filled safari. He always had his ears and eyes on the seeking of wildlife, very committed in providing the best experience to everyone onboard throughout the trip, a great photographer, and he’s always on top of the itinerary while accommodating for our needs. The tour itself was amazing. Together with the second half of the trip in Tanzania led by our other amazing guide Moses, the trip was filled with surprising moments such as seeing the lions mating, giraffes necking, and numerous hunting scenes. Also got to see black rhinos in the wild! While all of these highlights depend on your luck, a good guide would significantly increase your chance of spotting them.
